Yeh Modi saab ka Check post hain..yaha rishwat nahin chalti..
Gujarat Series -9
YEH NARENDRA MODI SAAB KA RTO POST HAIN – YAHAN RISHWAT NAHI CHALTI..
Much is made about India blindly imposing an alien Constitution and bureaucracy on the people of the Country.. While it’s true that several key portions of the Indian Constitution do not reflect the true aspirations of the soul of this ancient nation, it still provides a workable model.
Our intellectual class and media, which has made a profession of abusing our large and “unworkable” bureaucracy rarely looks at how the same bureaucracy can be used to deliver the goods.
Narendra Modi has used the selfsame bureaucracy to make Gujarat what it is today. Perhaps no other Indian leader has genuinely implemented the much-touted “single window clearance” as effectively and as consistently as he has done.
An important but much-overlooked factor is Modi’s punctuality. Every single Indian politician wears his unpunctuality as a badge of pride whereas Modi’s decade-old record shows what kind of a stickler for time he is. People from various walks of life have testified that Modi always honours his appointments right as the clock strikes. Which makes sense because a nation or culture that doesn’t respect time doesn’t deserve to progress.
Corruption and scams are the most talked about items today. People are fed up with the pace and regularity with which one after another scams are tumbling out of the UPA 2 closet.
In sharp contrast, we have a state like Gujarat where, even Modi’s worst detractors agree that he has rid the State from Corruption. This can only be achieved by the dedicated efforts by the people and activists, and the govt. extends full hearted support for the removal of Corruption from the system.
Narendra Modi has not only illustrated dynamism in laying Gujarat as the role model of development, but has presented scam and corruption free rule in last ten years.
We are giving an illustration of how Modi has become a role model for the bureaucracy and how they pride themselves of being a corruption free state:
On the entrant Check-post, at Bhilad near Valsad, on the national highway no.8, an over loaded truck, coming from Kochi and heading towards Vapi, comes post mid-night, at 2.30 A.M. The trucker Varghese, is a regular, who has travelled umpteen times on this route and “managed” to get his own way by transferring two green “Gandhis”, in the palm of the officer on duty, generally a junior - post midnight, while passing from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Goa.
But, this was Gujarat and he was travelling there for the first time. Of course he was very well warned by his colleagues, that Gujarat is different but Varghese was least bothered.
Post 2 A.M. his heavily and over loaded truck, left the last check post of Maharashtra, at Achchad.
The high-mast lights of Bhilad R.T.O. check post could be seen from distance. His calculation was accurate. There was no senior officer on duty, at that unearthly hour. After paying Escort tax, he turned to go back to his Eischer..
And, he was stopped by two officers, on duty. Varghese tried to use his old charm.. Immediately, the two Green Gandhis popped out..
But, the Green currency did not do the trick; instead it brought a rude redness on the face of concerned officers. On officer caught hold of Varghese while the other gave a resounding slap on his face.
Before Varghese could regain his composure, the strong words came ringing to him..
“Abe, Yeh Narendra Modi Saab ki R.T.O. Check post hai. Yanha rishwat denewale ke haath-per tod diye jaate hai. Yanha rishwat nahi, imandari chalti hai. Chal , tax aur jurmana milake 1.20 lakh bhar de aur South main bethe tere Aka ko bol, ke paise bhar kar gadi chuda de.”
Varghese had no option but to call and contact his boss in South and pay off the entire tax along with fine!
The Bhilad check post, which has been completely computerized since 1st March 2000, has become the prominent check post of the country. It is one of the check posts that have been the top most earning check post of the nation.
In the financial year, 2009-10, it recorded income of Rs. 81.47 crore. On the same national highway, about 1 and a half km. away, the Achchad check post of Maharashtra is situated.
Bhilad check post earned 52.64 crores of additional income as compared to Achchad. It is notable that about 12,000 vehicles enter into Gujarat, from Maharashtra passing from both these check posts and about the same numbers of vehicles travel back. Still, the Bhilad check post’s income reaches the amount Rs. 81, 47, 22, 626 as compared to Achchad check post’s income of Rs.28, 82,99,535. The income of Bhilad check post is Rs. 52, 64, 23, 091 more.
Just realize the financial discipline in Gujarat. Narendra Modi plans to increase the state revenue through financial discipline rather than levying more taxes. The Bhilad check post, has earned Rs. 5 millions, 50 crore, 44 lakhs, 70 thousand in the time span from 2001-02 to till date. This amount is higher by Rs. 3 million, 83 crores, 15 lakhs, 65 thousand more than the earnings at Achchad check post.
There’s a reason why we see sweeping election victories solely on the strength of one leader. That reason again, is rooted in our history. Look at any major political event in this nation’s history where the nation’s traditions and native values have triumphed. You find an extremely strong and inspiring leader behind every such event.
Be it Krishna who inspired the Pandava victory, be it Chanakya who inspired the Mauryan empire, be it the founding fathers of the Gupta empire, be it a Shankaracharya who reinforced the cultural unity of India, be it a Vidyaranya behind the Vijayanagar empire, be it Samarth Ramadas behind Shivaji, be it a culmination of all these inspirations that motivated the likes of Tilak, there’s a single, unifying strand that runs through these events. This is the strand of a shared cultural consciousness, which continues to unify India against predatory attacks both within and without.
It is this same phenomenon that is playing out in the case of Narendra Modi. And it is this inherited cultural consciousness that has prompted around six crore people of Gujarat to endorse him thrice.
This piece on the Bhilad Check post was necessary only to recall the values we have lost and that, once those values are recovered, renewed and put in practise again, success follows.
Gujarat’s development under Modi isn’t a miracle: it is a culmination of all these and similar factors he assiduously cultivated over a decade.
- Dayanand Nene
YEH NARENDRA MODI SAAB KA RTO POST HAIN – YAHAN RISHWAT NAHI CHALTI..
Much is made about India blindly imposing an alien Constitution and bureaucracy on the people of the Country.. While it’s true that several key portions of the Indian Constitution do not reflect the true aspirations of the soul of this ancient nation, it still provides a workable model.
Our intellectual class and media, which has made a profession of abusing our large and “unworkable” bureaucracy rarely looks at how the same bureaucracy can be used to deliver the goods.
Narendra Modi has used the selfsame bureaucracy to make Gujarat what it is today. Perhaps no other Indian leader has genuinely implemented the much-touted “single window clearance” as effectively and as consistently as he has done.
An important but much-overlooked factor is Modi’s punctuality. Every single Indian politician wears his unpunctuality as a badge of pride whereas Modi’s decade-old record shows what kind of a stickler for time he is. People from various walks of life have testified that Modi always honours his appointments right as the clock strikes. Which makes sense because a nation or culture that doesn’t respect time doesn’t deserve to progress.
Corruption and scams are the most talked about items today. People are fed up with the pace and regularity with which one after another scams are tumbling out of the UPA 2 closet.
In sharp contrast, we have a state like Gujarat where, even Modi’s worst detractors agree that he has rid the State from Corruption. This can only be achieved by the dedicated efforts by the people and activists, and the govt. extends full hearted support for the removal of Corruption from the system.
Narendra Modi has not only illustrated dynamism in laying Gujarat as the role model of development, but has presented scam and corruption free rule in last ten years.
We are giving an illustration of how Modi has become a role model for the bureaucracy and how they pride themselves of being a corruption free state:
On the entrant Check-post, at Bhilad near Valsad, on the national highway no.8, an over loaded truck, coming from Kochi and heading towards Vapi, comes post mid-night, at 2.30 A.M. The trucker Varghese, is a regular, who has travelled umpteen times on this route and “managed” to get his own way by transferring two green “Gandhis”, in the palm of the officer on duty, generally a junior - post midnight, while passing from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Goa.
But, this was Gujarat and he was travelling there for the first time. Of course he was very well warned by his colleagues, that Gujarat is different but Varghese was least bothered.
Post 2 A.M. his heavily and over loaded truck, left the last check post of Maharashtra, at Achchad.
The high-mast lights of Bhilad R.T.O. check post could be seen from distance. His calculation was accurate. There was no senior officer on duty, at that unearthly hour. After paying Escort tax, he turned to go back to his Eischer..
And, he was stopped by two officers, on duty. Varghese tried to use his old charm.. Immediately, the two Green Gandhis popped out..
But, the Green currency did not do the trick; instead it brought a rude redness on the face of concerned officers. On officer caught hold of Varghese while the other gave a resounding slap on his face.
Before Varghese could regain his composure, the strong words came ringing to him..
“Abe, Yeh Narendra Modi Saab ki R.T.O. Check post hai. Yanha rishwat denewale ke haath-per tod diye jaate hai. Yanha rishwat nahi, imandari chalti hai. Chal , tax aur jurmana milake 1.20 lakh bhar de aur South main bethe tere Aka ko bol, ke paise bhar kar gadi chuda de.”
Varghese had no option but to call and contact his boss in South and pay off the entire tax along with fine!
The Bhilad check post, which has been completely computerized since 1st March 2000, has become the prominent check post of the country. It is one of the check posts that have been the top most earning check post of the nation.
In the financial year, 2009-10, it recorded income of Rs. 81.47 crore. On the same national highway, about 1 and a half km. away, the Achchad check post of Maharashtra is situated.
Bhilad check post earned 52.64 crores of additional income as compared to Achchad. It is notable that about 12,000 vehicles enter into Gujarat, from Maharashtra passing from both these check posts and about the same numbers of vehicles travel back. Still, the Bhilad check post’s income reaches the amount Rs. 81, 47, 22, 626 as compared to Achchad check post’s income of Rs.28, 82,99,535. The income of Bhilad check post is Rs. 52, 64, 23, 091 more.
Just realize the financial discipline in Gujarat. Narendra Modi plans to increase the state revenue through financial discipline rather than levying more taxes. The Bhilad check post, has earned Rs. 5 millions, 50 crore, 44 lakhs, 70 thousand in the time span from 2001-02 to till date. This amount is higher by Rs. 3 million, 83 crores, 15 lakhs, 65 thousand more than the earnings at Achchad check post.
There’s a reason why we see sweeping election victories solely on the strength of one leader. That reason again, is rooted in our history. Look at any major political event in this nation’s history where the nation’s traditions and native values have triumphed. You find an extremely strong and inspiring leader behind every such event.
Be it Krishna who inspired the Pandava victory, be it Chanakya who inspired the Mauryan empire, be it the founding fathers of the Gupta empire, be it a Shankaracharya who reinforced the cultural unity of India, be it a Vidyaranya behind the Vijayanagar empire, be it Samarth Ramadas behind Shivaji, be it a culmination of all these inspirations that motivated the likes of Tilak, there’s a single, unifying strand that runs through these events. This is the strand of a shared cultural consciousness, which continues to unify India against predatory attacks both within and without.
It is this same phenomenon that is playing out in the case of Narendra Modi. And it is this inherited cultural consciousness that has prompted around six crore people of Gujarat to endorse him thrice.
This piece on the Bhilad Check post was necessary only to recall the values we have lost and that, once those values are recovered, renewed and put in practise again, success follows.
Gujarat’s development under Modi isn’t a miracle: it is a culmination of all these and similar factors he assiduously cultivated over a decade.
- Dayanand Nene
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